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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2019-12-29 11:18 a.m., wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-12-29 wrote:
>>
>>> My wife's sons had two giant pumpkins ot their front entrance as
>>> decorations. They were going to trash them but my wife said she'd
>>> take them for deer food. Yesterday I hacked up two forty pound
>>> pumpkins and we tossed them out in the yard. This morning most was
>>> gone but still some for tonight. Would have been a shame to toss them
>>> in the trash when the critters could enjoy them... we saved some seeds
>>> for planting.
>
> Since my wife spends Christmas with her sons and grands these were
> Lung Guyland punkins... they hadn't had a hard frost yet so these were
> in great condition. In fact they were difficult to cut up even with
> my 12" carbon steel chef's knife. Iwas considering pies for a minute
> but we can buy pies a lot easier. I always have a relaxing *quiet*
> Christmas cat sitting. When the grands were small they wold visit for
> a couple of days but now they are teens and get bored here, plus they
> are noisy and messy.

I wouldn't bother making pumpkin pie from scratch again. I did it
once. I cleaned out the pumpkin, cut it into chunks, baked it scraped
the flesh and put it in the food processor to puree. It tasted good but
still had a stringy texture. I didn't mind but my wife was turned off by
the texture. It is so much easier to open a can and avoid the complaints.